Connections Blog

We are pleased to report that the Village of Mount Prospect Village Board recently accepted the Rand Road Corridor Plan, which was partially funded by the RT...

The work of the RTA benefits the region, though much of what the RTA does from day-to-day is not easily seen by our riders. Two members of our staff have fo...

By Emily Egan, Village Planner, Village of Brookfield The Village of Brookfield started the New Year off right by approving several zoning changes that have...

By Joe Moriarty, RTA Program Manager The RTA’s interagency signage initiative is part of our continuing mission to improve the passenger experience by inves...

Do you remember the 90’s, the era of Michael Jordan and “must see TV,” when everyone sat down on a couch and watched Friends and Seinfeld at the same time?  ...

By Chris Szmurlo, Senior Planner, RTA The RTA’s Community Planning program, established in 1998, provides the RTA with a mechanism to enable local governmen...

We are pleased to report that Village of Bartlett’s recently adopted Downtown Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan is funded through the RTA’s Community P...

The RTA recently released two performance measure reports, the 2015 Regional Report Card and the 2015 Sub-Regional Report that measure and monitor our transi...

The RTA works with CTA, Metra, and Pace each year to perform a detailed analysis of system ridership trends in our region.  The analysis examines ridership b...

We are pleased to report that the Village of Palatine’s recently approved Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan is funded by the RTA’s Community Planning p...

The RTA allocated funding for installation of new sidewalks and crosswalks to implement recommendations from Rolling Meadows' Golf Road corridor plan. By Bri...

The RTA board recently approved funding for the continuation of ten projects that help ensure older adults and residents with disabilities have access to mob...